Overview
- Leerdam won the women’s 1,000m in 1:12.31, lowering the Olympic mark in the final pairing at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
- Femke Kok took silver in 1:12.59 after briefly holding the new Olympic record, and Japan’s Miho Takagi earned bronze in 1:13.95.
- Jake Paul, Leerdam’s fiancé, was filmed in tears and posted that he “can’t stop crying,” amplifying the moment across social media.
- The result delivers Leerdam’s first Olympic gold after silver in 2022 and secures a Dutch one-two that opened the Netherlands’ medal tally at these Games.
- Leerdam remains entered in the 500m later in the Games, with coverage noting she is scheduled to race on Sunday.